Trench WarfareKaiser: ___________________________- Europeans on both sides of the conflict thought the war would be very short- 1914-1918 instead—“________________” or WW1

- November 14 – ______________ : deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other takes place when Germany advances counterattack- The two sides fought 3 years & created mazes of ______________ protected by _______________

Soldiers spend day after day shelling enemy trenches - An attack begun with hours of heavy artillery _________

- Then groups charged (under orders from their officer) “_____________of trenches- Soldiers with rifles would race across “__________________” to attack the enemy- If lucky – may _______________a few trenches- Before long enemy would launch a _____________________with similar results- Constant struggle lasted back & forth over a few hundred ___________of territory

New weapon was gas: ________________________________Clouds floated into & flooded trenches, _________& __________soldiers

Most offensives: _________________________were long & deadly- ________________________: lasted 10 months in 1916.

- ______________lost 400,000 men trying to overrun French lines & France lost even more- In the East, German & ______________________ armies faced off against ___________& Serbia

What’s this called?__________________